بھکھ

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Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀼𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bubhukkhā), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Western Indo-Aryan cognates include Marwari भूख (bhūkh) / 𑅫𑅒𑅖 (bhukh), Gujarati ભૂખ (bhūkh), Malvi भूक (bhukh), Nimadi भूख (bhūkh).

Noun

بُھکھ (bhukhf

  1. hunger, appetite
  2. avarice, greed

Further reading

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 84.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) “بُھکھ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 209, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bubhukṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā), from Sanskrit भिक्षा (bhikṣā́). Cognate with Gujarati ભીખ (bhīkh), Hindi भीख (bhīkh), भीक (bhīk), Urdu بِھیک (bhīk), Sindhi بِيکَ / बीख, Marathi भीक (bhīk), Nepali भिख (bhikh), Maithili भीख (bhīkh) / 𑒦𑒲𑒐 (bhīkha), Odia ଭିକ (bhika), ଭିଖ (bhikha), Bengali ভিখ (bhikh), Sinhalese බික් (bik).

Noun

بھِکّھ (bhikkhf (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਿੱਖ)

  1. alms, begging, mendicancy

Declension

Declension of بھکھ
dir. sg. بھِکّھ (bhikkh)
dir. pl. بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ)
singular plural
direct بھِکّھ (bhikkh) بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ)
oblique بھِکّھ (bhikkh) بھِکّھاں (bhikkhāṉ)
vocative بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) بھِکّھو (bhikkho)
ablative بھِکّھوں (bhikkhoṉ)
locative بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) بھِکّھِیں (bhikkhīṉ)
instrumental بھِکّھے (bhikkhe) بھِکّھِیں (bhikkhīṉ)

Further reading